1.With
effect from such date as the Central Government may appoint in this behalf, the
enactment and Orders specified in the Second Schedule shall stand repealed:
Provided that such repeal shall not affect:-

i.the
previous operations of the enactment and Orders under repeal or anything duly
done or suffered thereunder; or

ii.any
right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under
any of the enactment or Orders under repeal; or

iii.any
penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offences committed
against the enactment and Orders under repeal; or

iv.any
investigation or remedy in respect of any such penalty, forfeiture or
punishment, and any such investigation, legal proceedings or remedy may be
instituted, continued or enforced and any such penalty, forfeiture or
punishment may be imposed, as if this Act had not been passed:

1.

2.If
there is any other law for the time being in force in any State, corresponding
to this Act, the same shall upon the commencement of this Act, stand repealed
and in such case, the provisions of section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897
shall apply as if such provisions of the State law had been repealed.

3.Notwithstanding
the repeal of the aforesaid enactment and Orders, the licences issued under any
such enactment or Order , which are in force on the date of commencement of
this Act, shall continue to be in force till the date of their expiry for all
purposes, as if they had been issued under the provisions of this Act or the
rules or regulations made thereunder.

4.Notwithstanding
anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no court shall
take cognizance of an offence under the repealed Act or Orders after the expiry
of a period of three years from the date of the commencement of this Act.